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'My uncles' she murmured finally, as she tried to remember that she was a respectable businesswo on company time She had already heard one irascible old custo-haired louts'!

‘I have seen them already, I confess,' he whispered into the tiny, sweet-tasting hollow behind her ear 'They are not averse to the novel idea of living in a chateau, especially one craht care to run your business from there—Grandpère has many international connections that could be valuable to you There is plenty of room, chérie, for I don’t intend for you to fill all the rooms with children'

'But the sooner we start the sooner we'll be finished,' she teased hirant thought floated up through her consciousness

'Jackyou don’t think that it's odd that Uncle Miles and Uncle Seyrandfather? They let re!'

'Hmm?' His mouth wandered down the line of her jaw

'Or that your grandfather never said why he didn’t answer all those calls and letters, even though he must have realised they were important'

'Hmm'

'Or that he didn’t turn a hair when I finally told him about the necklace or seem to worry about how such an awful mistake could happen in the first place' He nipped her throat and she gasped 'And don’t you think it's funny that your grandfather should have said that about"finally found —?'

'Beth?'

'Yes?' Her eyes widened at his irowl

'No more detective work, please; the last case you handled was a disaster! The conspiracy theory ht have some merit but, personally, chérie, I'd prefer to believe in the enchanting whims of fate and the beautifully ard arrows of love Not all therelatives in the world would have persuadedwoman'

'Whereas I a man!' stated Elizabeth firmly, and proceeded to prove it